Org-Mode

Org-mode is a mighty tool to organize yourself! In this talk I showed how Org-mode works in general and how I use it to organize my professional life.

It was a very hands-on workshop, find the source of this presentation here: https://gist.github.com/fabrik42/b5a901a1d92c32995c6cf10fedcf356e#file-presentation-org

Transcript

1. ORG-MODE
   ORG-MODE
   CHRISTIAN BÄUERLEIN
   CHRISTIAN BÄUERLEIN
   Created: 2018‑10‑13 Sat 14:32
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2. BASICS
   BASICS
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3. EMACS
   EMACS
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4. WELCOME!
   WELCOME!
   Your editor of choice since 1976
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5. FUN FACTS
   FUN FACTS
   GNU Emacs by Richard Stallmann, 1984
   First Copyle license, later to become GNU General
   Public License
   Wri en in Elisp. Emacs IS Elisp.
   Highly customizable, self‑documen ng
   Not an editor. A tool to build tools.
   Environment for the programming of specialized
   text editors.
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6. ORG-MODE
   ORG-MODE
   Started in 2003, ships with Emacs since 2006.
   Some tools/primi ves to organize yourself, manage
   projects and do scien fic research.
   It provides a lot of features, but you choose if/how
   they are used.
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7. PLAIN TEXT FILES
   PLAIN TEXT FILES
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8. OUTLINE
   OUTLINE
   You can create headings
   You can nest them
   You can fold them
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9. CONTENT
   CONTENT
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10. SIMPLE TEXT
    SIMPLE TEXT
    Similar to markdown, but more coherent.
    Code Appearance
    *bold* bold
    ~code~ code
    /italic/
    italic
    +strike through+ strike through
    _underlined_ underlined
    =verbatim= verbatim
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11. LISTS
    LISTS
    One
    Two
    Three
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12. CHECKLISTS
    CHECKLISTS
    [ ] One
    [ ] Two
    [ ] Three
    [ ] Show cookie stats!
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13. LINKS
    LINKS
    Link to this presenta on in the browser
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14. NOTES
    NOTES
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15. CODE
    CODE
    3 . 7
    

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16. JAVASCRIPT
    JAVASCRIPT
    var x = 1;
    var y = 2;
    return x + y;
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17. HTTP
    HTTP
    GET https://www.potterapi.com/v1/sortingHat
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18. SHELL
    SHELL
    curl -s https://www.potterapi.com/v1/sortingHat
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19. TABLES
    TABLES
    Favorite Beverages Health Joy
    Water 8 3
    Ice Tea 0 10
    Peppermint Tea 8 8
    Chococchino 1 10
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20. ATTACHMENTS
    ATTACHMENTS
    New A achment
    A ach file
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21. ENCRYPTION
    ENCRYPTION
    3 . 13
    

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22. THEMING
    THEMING
    You can change anything.
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23. EMACS POWERTOOLS
    EMACS POWERTOOLS
    Projec le
    Helm
    Ripgrep
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24. TASKS
    TASKS
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25. IT'S REALLY JUST A HEADING
    IT'S REALLY JUST A HEADING
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26. STATES
    STATES
    Watch my state ge ng changed
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27. CATEGORIES/TAGS
    CATEGORIES/TAGS IMPORTANT
    IMPORTANT
    See to the right ‑> Useful for filtering!
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28. PRIORITY
    PRIORITY
    No TODO list without it…
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29. TIMES
    TIMES
    You can schedule tasks, set deadlines or just generic
    dates.
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30. CAPTURING
    CAPTURING
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31. CAPTURING IN EMACS
    CAPTURING IN EMACS
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32. TEMPLATES
    TEMPLATES
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33. AGENDA VIEWS
    AGENDA VIEWS
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34. PREDEFINED VIEWS
    PREDEFINED VIEWS
    Reason: You can have as many org files as you like.
    Agenda views work like dashboards that give you an
    outlook over your tasks.
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35. CUSTOM VIEWS
    CUSTOM VIEWS
    6 . 3
    

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36. MY WORKFLOW
    MY WORKFLOW
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37. TASK ATTRIBUTES
    TASK ATTRIBUTES
    Title
    Content, lots of links a ached
    Most have a scheduled me
    Rou nes as repea ng tasks
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38. TASK STATES
    TASK STATES
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39. FILE SETUP AND WORKFLOW
    FILE SETUP AND WORKFLOW
    7 . 4
    

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40. CAPTURE TEMPLATES
    CAPTURE TEMPLATES
    7 . 5
    

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41. AGENDA
    AGENDA
    7 . 6
    

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42. REFILE
    REFILE
    7 . 7
    

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43. ARCHIVING
    ARCHIVING
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44. GIT VERSIONING
    GIT VERSIONING
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45. MOBILE ORG-MODE
    MOBILE ORG-MODE
    for iOS
    for Android
    as alterna ve? (yay, plain text!)
    beorg
    Orgzly
    Dra s
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46. IS THERE EVEN MORE?
    IS THERE EVEN MORE?
    Note Keeping
    Task Management
    In combina on with an Emacs mail client
    Sync it with calendars or Trello
    Use it with me ranges, repea ng events, reminders
    For clocking tasks and generate invoices
    Literate programming
    Repeatable Research
    Really, anything!
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47. IS ORG-MODE FOR YOU?
    IS ORG-MODE FOR YOU?
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48. PRO
    PRO
    Part of mighty Emacs
    Highly customizable
    Ba le‑proven, open source, free
    Endless publica ons of other produc vity freaks
    Full control over data, strong encryp on
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49. CONTRA
    CONTRA
    Steep learning curve
    You also need to learn Emacs
    Mobile is an effort
    Emacs Stockholm Syndrome
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50. WRAP UP
    WRAP UP
    Org‑mode is crazy cool! It can do almost everything.
    But it takes some effort to learn it.
    However, it is easier to get started than you might
    think.
    Just pick a couple of primi ves and give it a try,
    enhance/expand later.
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51. GOING FURTHER
    GOING FURTHER
    Spacemacs!
    Other Communi es: Todoist, Omnifocus
    Talk by Alex next week!
    My Produc vity Boosters Blog Post
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52. QUESTIONS?
    QUESTIONS?
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